ABSTRACT
Introduction: The references in this section of our guide are devoted to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and European Theaters during World War II. Here will be found information on officers and heroes, campaigns and battles, accounts of specific ships, and information on naval weapons, uniforms, aircraft, equipment, and insignia. Readers should note that additional information on segments of the sea war is available in the encyclopedias and handbooks and general war histories cited in Section I above, some of the diplomatic studies noted in II:A, and certain of the more general entries in Sections III and IV covering the war in the air and on land.
